Welcome full-time undergraduate students enrolled on the Boston campus for the first time in Spring 2025. The Office of Student Orientation and Family Programs is here to support you in this next chapter of your Northeastern experience. Husky 101 Boston Orientation and Welcome Week will acclimate you to campus and provide you with resources and tools for a successful transition.

N.U.in 3-part Orientation experience:

1. Pre-departure Orientation (Summer 2024)

Optional program hosted by the N.U.in Program

N.U.in Pre-departure Orientation is designed to introduce you to N.U.in policies and procedures, increase your familiarity with N.U.in locations, and meet your classmates and N.U.in staff. Information will include culture acclimation, safety and security while studying abroad, N.U.in policies, and academic advising. An online curriculum will also be provided.

Contact: nuin@northeastern.edu

2. N.U.in On-site/Abroad Orientation (Fall 2024)

3. Husky 101 Boston Orientation (Spring 2025)

January 2025 Boston Arrival Timeline

Move-in and Housing

Students will be assigned a move-in date of either Friday, January 3, or Saturday, January 4.

Housing assignments and move-in dates will be sent to students. In that same communication, you’ll receive information on how to request a move-in date change if needed. Questions? Email housing@northeastern.edu

If possible, students should not book travel until they receive their official move-in date.

Husky 101 Boston Orientation

MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS. Family participation is optional and highly encouraged.

Program Dates

Students will attend Husky 101 Boston Orientation the day following their assigned move-in date. The optional family program will follow the same sequence. Pre-registration is not required.

If assigned Friday, January 3 Move-in:
then, Saturday, January 4 is the mandatory Student Orientation and optional Family Orientation

If assigned Saturday, January 4 Move-in:
then, Sunday, January 5 is the mandatory Student Orientation and optional Family Orientation

Schedules and Check-In

Click here for Husky 101 Boston Orientation schedules.
Detailed schedules with presentation locations will be distributed at Check-In.

Family Check-In and Continental Breakfast:
7:30 – 8:15 a.m. in the Curry Student Center West Addition, Lower Level

Student Check-In: Bring your Husky Card for attendance verification!
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. in the Curry Student Center West Addition, Lower Level

Students and families are programmed separately.
Families are programmed in the morning, and students are programmed in the afternoon.

Hotels and Parking

View a listing of area hotels.

On January 4 and January 5, complimentary day (only) parking is available to Orientation guests in the Northeastern 795 Columbus Avenue Parking Garage.

Families, when making your departure arrangements, please know that time with your student becomes very limited once Orientation and Welcome Week programming begins.

Husky 101 Boston Course

MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS. Family participation is optional and highly encouraged.

In addition to the mandatory on-campus Orientation, Boston students are also required to complete a 1-hour online module by Sunday, January 5, 2025. This module will provide students and families with essential resources to navigate our Boston campus and your new city!

Click here for course access instructions.

Boston Welcome Week

NEW STUDENTS ONLY

From the onset of your arrival through January, engage in student programs and events to meet and reunite with friends, explore campus and the city of Boston, and prepare for the spring semester.

Download the Welcome Week app for the schedule and signature programs:
Winter Blast on Saturday, January 4 at 8:00 p.m.
Winter Fest Student Involvement Fair on Monday, January 6

Classes begin Monday, January 6. View the Academic Calendar.

Spring 2025 Entry